Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Guinea
Guinea: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested was 83,476 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Guinea, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — area harvested in Guinea is 83,476 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 13.0% on the previous year and up 210.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Guinea peaked at 83,476 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 9,050 ha, in 1973.
Guinea ranks 13th of 113 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Guinea, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 9,500 ha | -5.0% |
| 1973 | 9,050 ha | -4.7% |
| 1974 | 9,140 ha | +1.0% |
| 1975 | 9,230 ha | +1.0% |
| 1976 | 9,400 ha | +1.8% |
| 1977 | 9,500 ha | +1.1% |
| 1978 | 9,595 ha | +1.0% |
| 1979 | 9,691 ha | +1.0% |
| 1980 | 9,700 ha | +0.1% |
| 1981 | 9,780 ha | +0.8% |
| 1982 | 9,790 ha | +0.1% |
| 1983 | 9,980 ha | +1.9% |
| 1984 | 12,000 ha | +20.2% |
| 1985 | 14,000 ha | +16.7% |
| 1986 | 16,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 1987 | 19,000 ha | +18.8% |
| 1988 | 21,084 ha | +11.0% |
| 1989 | 22,480 ha | +6.6% |
| 1990 | 23,970 ha | +6.6% |
| 1991 | 25,560 ha | +6.6% |
| 1992 | 27,250 ha | +6.6% |
| 1993 | 29,055 ha | +6.6% |
| 1994 | 30,980 ha | +6.6% |
| 1995 | 33,035 ha | +6.6% |
| 1996 | 35,220 ha | +6.6% |
| 1997 | 37,555 ha | +6.6% |
| 1998 | 40,045 ha | +6.6% |
| 1999 | 42,695 ha | +6.6% |
| 2000 | 45,524 ha | +6.6% |
| 2001 | 46,800 ha | +2.8% |
| 2002 | 47,800 ha | +2.1% |
| 2003 | 50,000 ha | +4.6% |
| 2004 | 51,194 ha | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 52,000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 52,500 ha | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 54,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 2008 | 56,000 ha | +3.7% |
| 2009 | 25,000 ha | -55.4% |
| 2010 | 61,688 ha | +146.8% |
| 2011 | 59,528 ha | -3.5% |
| 2012 | 61,230 ha | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 63,491 ha | +3.7% |
| 2014 | 26,910 ha | -57.6% |
| 2015 | 28,275 ha | +5.1% |
| 2016 | 37,935 ha | +34.2% |
| 2017 | 46,284 ha | +22.0% |
| 2018 | 53,420 ha | +15.4% |
| 2019 | 55,698 ha | +4.3% |
| 2020 | 61,346 ha | +10.1% |
| 2021 | 67,634 ha | +10.3% |
| 2022 | 73,153 ha | +8.2% |
| 2023 | 73,864 ha | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 83,476 ha | +13.0% |
Guinea compared with similar countries
- Guinea's 83,476 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 9,882 ha, 8.4× the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Guinea's 83,476 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 28,960 ha, 2.9× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Guinea changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | +146.8% | 25,000 ha | 61,688 ha |
| 2014 | -57.6% | 63,491 ha | 26,910 ha |
| 2009 | -55.4% | 56,000 ha | 25,000 ha |
| 2016 | +34.2% | 28,275 ha | 37,935 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,000 ha | 10,000 ha | 10,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,511 ha | 9,050 ha | 10,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 14,381 ha | 9,700 ha | 22,480 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 32,536 ha | 23,970 ha | 42,695 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 48,082 ha | 25,000 ha | 56,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 49,446 ha | 26,910 ha | 63,491 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 71,895 ha | 61,346 ha | 83,476 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guinea
- 10 India 111,866 ha compare
- 10 Lao People's Democratic Republic 7,946 ha compare
- 11 Mozambique 100,470 ha compare
- 11 Timor-Leste 1,927 ha compare
- 12 Cameroon 93,378 ha compare
- 12 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1,745 ha compare
- 13 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1,092 ha compare
- 14 Philippines 80,901 ha compare
- 14 Caribbean 98,853 ha compare
- 14 Polynesia 719 ha compare
- 15 Burundi 80,064 ha compare
- 15 Micronesia (Federated States of) 571 ha compare
- 15 Micronesia 571 ha compare
- 16 Ghana 78,611 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Guinea
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 14.56 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3129 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 587.44 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.6 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6148 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 31.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 31.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.8% (2016)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2016)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested in Guinea?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested in Guinea was 83,476 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 83,476 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,050 ha in 1973.
- How does Guinea rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Guinea ranks 13th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 210.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sweet potatoes — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.